- Hobo handbags are quite the handy bag! You can carry just about anything in a hobo bag like school books, magazines, your makeup collection, and more! Popular handbag brands include Coach, Marc Jacobs, and Betsey Johnson.
- Tote bags are the perfect back to school accessory! You'll be able to tote your laptop, books and any of your larger school essentials with bags like stylish ones from Betsey Johnson, Dooney & Bourke, Ed Hardy and more.
- A shoulder style bag is a great bag if you plan on carrying a lot of items from class to class. This is a bag you can carry all year long and will get a lot of use out of thanks to its spacious compartments.
- You'll need a place for money and makeup, so start shopping for cute wallets and spacious makeup bags to help you organize your stuff! Take a peek at wallets and makeup bags from Hobo International, Guess, Lodis and more!
- If you're looking for the latest trend in handbags at a price that doesn't bust the bank, check out these handbags under $50! Shop for handbags by BCBG, Juicy Couture, Dooney & Bourke and many more!
- Drawstring handbags became a huge trend this year and continue to be a hit for the back to school season. Shop for gorgeous bags from The Sak, Very Bradley, Kate Spade and more.
- Sling bags come in large and small sizes and are perfect when you need your hands free to juggle school books and laptops. Check out cool sling bags from Fossil, Ed Hardy, Steve Madden and many more.
- Marc Jacobs is one of the biggest trend setting designers in the world. His luxurious handbags are adored by many and are made of the best materials. Get your hands on one of this season's latest Marc Jacobs handbags and you will enjoy it for years to come.
- Clutch handbags are great to have if you are planning on taking a quick trip to the market or out to a club with friends. Awesome clutch bags are available from brands like Lodis, Alexander McQueen, Fossil and many more.
- Don't let the name fool you! A beach bag is a great way to carry around your laptop, books, and whatever else you may need. You might even get a chance to take a break from studying and hit the beach with it.
7.28.2011
Top Handbags
7.21.2011
Watch Buying Guide
By Blue Nile.com
The first thing to consider when buying a watch is, what is its purpose? Will you use it to time your lap speed, your flying speed, or your lunch hour? The wide availability of watch styles and features allows you to pick the watch that fits your needs, style, and taste perfectly.
Form & Function
This list below will help you choose the right features for your purposes:
This list below will help you choose the right features for your purposes:
Casual
Look for casual features that ensure you can keep your mind on taking it easy. Choose a watch with a comfortable band and higher water resistance so you don't have to worry about your watch when you're reaching in the cooler for a drink or slipping in for a swim. View our casual Skagen watches for men and women.
Look for casual features that ensure you can keep your mind on taking it easy. Choose a watch with a comfortable band and higher water resistance so you don't have to worry about your watch when you're reaching in the cooler for a drink or slipping in for a swim. View our casual Skagen watches for men and women.
Dressy
For a more formal look, choose a watch that matches your attire. A stainless steel bracelet band and a black face perfectly match a black sweater and gray pants. Or if you wear a leather belt, choose a watch with a matching black or brown leather band. Michele and Bulovawatches for women feature luxury touches like diamond and gemstone bezels, and Skagen offers watches for men and women with cutting-edge Scandinavian design.
For a more formal look, choose a watch that matches your attire. A stainless steel bracelet band and a black face perfectly match a black sweater and gray pants. Or if you wear a leather belt, choose a watch with a matching black or brown leather band. Michele and Bulovawatches for women feature luxury touches like diamond and gemstone bezels, and Skagen offers watches for men and women with cutting-edge Scandinavian design.
Diving
Look for screw-down crowns and casebacks and extreme water resistance. Also, a unidirectional bezel helps you keep an eye on how long you've been underwater. View our Seiko and Chase-Durer watches for men featuring screw-down casebacks and crowns, and water resistance to at least 330 feet or deeper.
Look for screw-down crowns and casebacks and extreme water resistance. Also, a unidirectional bezel helps you keep an eye on how long you've been underwater. View our Seiko and Chase-Durer watches for men featuring screw-down casebacks and crowns, and water resistance to at least 330 feet or deeper.
Racing
Whether you're in a car, a plane, on a bicycle, or on foot, these watches will help you measure your time. To find your miles per hour, rotate the tachymeter to target your exact speed, then set the elapsed timer to pinpoint the distance you covered. Some watches even store lap times and split times. View our men's racing watches by Festina, the official racing watch of the Tour de France, and our Chase-Durer watches for men, built specifically for racing and flying with navigational slide rule bezels and tachymeters that help you measure speed over time.
Whether you're in a car, a plane, on a bicycle, or on foot, these watches will help you measure your time. To find your miles per hour, rotate the tachymeter to target your exact speed, then set the elapsed timer to pinpoint the distance you covered. Some watches even store lap times and split times. View our men's racing watches by Festina, the official racing watch of the Tour de France, and our Chase-Durer watches for men, built specifically for racing and flying with navigational slide rule bezels and tachymeters that help you measure speed over time.
7.17.2011
back to school shopping guide
Top 10 Fashion for Her
Your favorite summer dress can still make a back to school debut if the
weather permits. Pair your dress with a cute new cardigan sweater and
leggings to warm things up a bit. Check out the hot dresses by Betsey
Johnson, Roxy and BCBG.
Jeans are an important wardrobe staple, and are easy to pair with any cute
shirt or sweater. For a fuss-free morning, throw on a pair of distressed jeans
or the newest trend in leggings, "jeggings", which are jean-leggings, with a
sleek tunic top for a laid-back look. Check out designer jeans from 7 for all
Mankind, True Religion and Rock and Republic.
You will need shirts for school, no doubt, so stock up your closet with the
hottest trends! Check out tops that feature horizontal stripes, ruffles, jewel
tones and detailed vintage-inspired blouses that will be the envy of all your
friends.
Pair a casual shirt with stretchy skirt and a cute pair of leggings and you are
ready to dash off to school in an instant! Tiered ruffle skirts are also on-trend
and look great with a cute pair of slip-on booties or strappy sandals.
The classic leather jacket is making its way back on the trend scene. Check
out our selection of jackets, coats, and vests that look great with a cute
dress or your favorite jeans.
Nothing completes an outfit like a great new handbag. Whether it's a Tote,
Hobo Bag, or Sling.
Don't you just love cozy cardigans? You can throw on a cardigan with just
about any outfit! Shop for cashmere cardigans, cotton , wool and more knit
tops that will keep you warm during those breezy days at school.
Chunky and big statement jewelry that is vintage-inspired, bright and bold,
or feminine and layered is the trend in fashion jewelry right now. Chandelier
earrings in a vibrant jewel tone are an easy way to dress up a simple look.
The best part of the fall season is shopping for new boots! Ankle boots or
"booties" are the big trend in boots right now, so shop early to make sure
you get your size! Check out boots by Madden Girl, Guess, Jessica
Simpson and much more.
Don't leave exercise for after the holidays. Stay in shape and in style all year
long with some new athletic apparel from brands like Under Armour, Nike,
Champion, & many more.
7.07.2011
NARS Cosmetics
Great Reasons To Love NARS
NARS Cosmetics is one of the premiere cosmetic companies, arguably at the top of the beauty industry 'food chain'. It has a little of the luxury feel of Guerlain, a touch of the edgy feel of MAC, but mostly, an artistic, fashionable feel that makes you feel incredibly stylish.
Every pro makeup artist carries something by Nars. It has award winning products and is a favorite among many fashion magazine beauty editors. It is in the makeup bags of many Hollywood starlets and the fashion world's top models...if that kind of status doesn't carry a little weight, I don't know what does.
Why does Nars Cosmetics command so much attention?
- extraordinary color palette
- exceptional quality and performance in multiple products (no pun intended)
- innovative marketing
- master professional makeup artist as founder of the company
Here is a top ten Nars "Picks" List
Based on the opinions of top beauty industry professionals and popularity
#1 NARS Powder Blush
A light sweep delivers a lot of rich, sheer intense pigment. The colors are beautiful in shades beyond anything most of us could have imagined. "Orgasm" is probably 'the' most popular shade (shown left) and its not because of the name. This color delivers a peach/pink with gold that brings incredibly natural colobto a complexion.
NARS Powder Blush; " Orgasm".
#2 NARS The Multiple
In a time where matte neutral faces are taking a back seat to sun kissed radiant beauty, there is nothing more versatile than these fabulous sticks of color. They can be worn on eyes, lips, cheeks...you name it, and the colors are simply gorgeous. Although difficult to pick a favorite color, these are two of a lineup of eleven fantastic colors; "Copacabana" and "Antibes" .
NARS The Multiple Multi-Purpose Stick.
Shades: Rich in pigmented color, sheer in texture, this extensive range of beautiful and versatile shades makes this line probably one of the most 'wearable' eye shadow lines. From the lightest shades like "Edie" , to medium shades like "Ashes to Ashes", all the way to the darkest shades like "Thunderball". Nars cosmetics, has shades so perfectly fine tuned, that almost every one has realistic regular wear potential.
Eye Shadow Duos: There is something very beautiful and unexpected about Nars cosmetics eye shadow color duos. Here is an example:
1. For the look of elegant simplicity, "All About Eve" is a makeup drawer staple.
1. For the look of elegant simplicity, "All About Eve" is a makeup drawer staple.
4 NARS Makeup Brush Smudge
Noting perfect eye shadows naturally leads to noting perfect tools for application.... This brush is the perfect tool for blending darker shadows along lash lines and softening harsh pencil lines for that ever hot, smoky eyed look.
NARS Makeup Brush; "Smudge".
A highly practical concealer infused with vitamin E is brilliant in concept, function and another perfect tool.
NARS Concealer.
Lipstick is the founding product line of Nars cosmetics. Their shades are rich in color and selected to be the perfect shade; "Much time and effort has been spent to obtain the perfect shades of color so that the customer doesn't have to. A woman will not find many different shades of reds or browns in the NARS line; instead she will only find the quintessential red or the perfect brown."
They are also loaded with anti oxidants for long wearing fresh color. Dolce Vitashade-a sheer dusty rose, shown left is often voted the most 'universally flattering lipstick shade' by industry pros
NARS Sheer Fabulous Lipstick enriched with Vitamin E.
This lip liner has great qualities and is of great quality like all Nars cosmetics, and has appeared on In Style Magazines Best Beauty Buys. Beyond the obvious benefits of defining and enhancing the shape of your lips, this formulation is creamy and long wearing. This shade "Hush" is an excellent shade to have as a staple because it is very neutral and compliments most lipstick shades.
Again an award winner, particularly favored is this shade shown Turkish Deight, plus many more to choose from at Nars cosmetics(each one seems to be 'the' perfect shade for their color group). This lip gloss is very shiny, semi-sheer, not sticky and can be worn overtop lipstick or on its own for a more natural look.
Nars Lip Gloss Turkish Delight
#9 NARS Artist Palette Compact
You can't go wrong with this. I love this innovative idea by Nars cosmetics. A gorgeous palette of colors plus the convenience of a completely color coordinated selection of makeup. This selection includes eye shadow, blush, lipstick and lip gloss. New Palette celebrating Nars 15 year anniversary, shown left.
NARS Everlasting Love 15 Year Anniversary Artist Palette
And the last of the TOP TEN Picks by NARS cosmetics is...
#10 NARS Nars Nail Polish
Award winning shade Schiap, shocking pink...in general the polish has great attributes that include being free of Toluene, Formaldehyde and DPB plus chip resistant and UV protection that prevents color deterioration.
NARS Nail Polish Schiap
ast word on NARS Cosmetics-All Radiant, Exceptional Quality and Practical... Between the captivating colors, innovative nature, playful names, and the exceptional quality you can't help but be impressed by this top prestige beauty brand, BUT most of all, you will love the beautiful results that Nars cosmetics delivers.
6.19.2011
Flat Irons Reviews
If you truly value your hair then you'll make sure that you take home the best Flat Iron
to straighten it. Many flat irons claim to safely and efficiently transform people's usual look into sleek and straight locks, but many can't live up to their promise and end up damaging their hair with bad quality plates. To avoid becoming a victim of a low quality iron, here's what the best flat irons should include and what you should keep an eye out for.
Best hair irons use nothing but the best quality plates, and with this we mean genuine ceramic, solid titanium or pure tourmaline. Do your absolute best to purchase a hair iron with pure plates and preferably ceramic or with a ceramic heater. Be extra careful with misleading terms like "nano-ceramic", which means that the plates hardly uses any real ceramic at all, instead they only microscopic particles of it. The same goes for all nano technologies except nano-tourmaline in a solid ceramic flat iron which is actually good news since tourmaline is an incredibly ionic material that will smooth down every strand in less time. Ceramic coated plates must be the worst of them all since they're nothing more but aluminum with ceramic paint. Although many professional hair irons use thickly coated ceramic they're still not as safe or as high quality as solid ceramic. With pure plates in your flat iron you'll guarantee outstanding results, protective technologies and a long lasting device that will keep your hair healthy and your appearance at its best.
By saying protective we mean the use the far-infrared heating and ionic technology. Far infrared is a better and more efficient way to heat the hair since its gentle waves warm each strand from the inside, avoiding the exterior layer which is delicate and easily damaged. Ionic technology is what gives hair such a smooth and silky effect so quickly thanks to its negative ions that cut down on the time it would normally take to straighten while neutralizing static and frizz for a long lasting, sleek style.
Now about important features, all top quality Flat Iron include a variable heat setting, a swivel cord and comfortable handles. A variable heat setting is of highest importance for safe straightening as heat levels differ according to each hair type and purpose. Fixed heated flat irons may say wonders about themselves but all they'll do is damage your hair with their permanent high temperatures. So favor hair irons with a manual or digital temperature control to turn down the heat and prevent burning your hair. A swivel cord is very convenient during styling since they are designed to rotate when the flat iron does, meaning that it'll never get tangled to make the process of hair straightening even swifter. Lastly, comfortable handles will ensure that you can maneuver the device effortlessly and have a good grip while styling for better control.
These aspects are the very essence of the best flat irons, but it's really up to your personal choice and preference so try to keep in mind what's really important when choosing your very own Flat Iron to guarantee the best hair styling experience with one of the best flat irons on the market.
to straighten it. Many flat irons claim to safely and efficiently transform people's usual look into sleek and straight locks, but many can't live up to their promise and end up damaging their hair with bad quality plates. To avoid becoming a victim of a low quality iron, here's what the best flat irons should include and what you should keep an eye out for.Best hair irons use nothing but the best quality plates, and with this we mean genuine ceramic, solid titanium or pure tourmaline. Do your absolute best to purchase a hair iron with pure plates and preferably ceramic or with a ceramic heater. Be extra careful with misleading terms like "nano-ceramic", which means that the plates hardly uses any real ceramic at all, instead they only microscopic particles of it. The same goes for all nano technologies except nano-tourmaline in a solid ceramic flat iron which is actually good news since tourmaline is an incredibly ionic material that will smooth down every strand in less time. Ceramic coated plates must be the worst of them all since they're nothing more but aluminum with ceramic paint. Although many professional hair irons use thickly coated ceramic they're still not as safe or as high quality as solid ceramic. With pure plates in your flat iron you'll guarantee outstanding results, protective technologies and a long lasting device that will keep your hair healthy and your appearance at its best.
By saying protective we mean the use the far-infrared heating and ionic technology. Far infrared is a better and more efficient way to heat the hair since its gentle waves warm each strand from the inside, avoiding the exterior layer which is delicate and easily damaged. Ionic technology is what gives hair such a smooth and silky effect so quickly thanks to its negative ions that cut down on the time it would normally take to straighten while neutralizing static and frizz for a long lasting, sleek style.
Now about important features, all top quality Flat Iron
include a variable heat setting, a swivel cord and comfortable handles. A variable heat setting is of highest importance for safe straightening as heat levels differ according to each hair type and purpose. Fixed heated flat irons may say wonders about themselves but all they'll do is damage your hair with their permanent high temperatures. So favor hair irons with a manual or digital temperature control to turn down the heat and prevent burning your hair. A swivel cord is very convenient during styling since they are designed to rotate when the flat iron does, meaning that it'll never get tangled to make the process of hair straightening even swifter. Lastly, comfortable handles will ensure that you can maneuver the device effortlessly and have a good grip while styling for better control.These aspects are the very essence of the best flat irons, but it's really up to your personal choice and preference so try to keep in mind what's really important when choosing your very own Flat Iron
to guarantee the best hair styling experience with one of the best flat irons on the market.
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